Toledo & Ann Arbor R. R. v. Johnson

This action was commenced in justice’s •court upon an instrument of which the following is a copy:

“ Dundee, Michigan, October 4,1877.

Eor the purpose of promoting and aiding the construction of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad and in ■consideration of the benefits to be derived therefrom, I do hereby pledge and agree to pay to the order of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad Company the sum of one hundred dollars, payable in six months after the first cars run over the road from Ann Arbor to Toledo, payable on or before the above time specified, without interest.

Miles B.…